Qijiaquan is a traditional sports, recreation and acrobatics project on the third batch of representative projects of Nantong's municipal intangible cultural heritage. "Qijiaquan" was created by Qi Jiguang, an outstanding military strategist, famous general in the fight against Japanese invaders and a national hero in the Ming Dynasty, who combined the strengths of various boxing styles and "selected the best 32 styles". It was included in the "Boxing Classics and Shortcuts" in Volume 14 of his military work "Jixiao Xinshu", "drawing the style and annotating the secrets to inspire future generations", and later generations called it "Qijiaquan". "Qijiaquan" has been passed down since the Ming Dynasty. Its main popular areas are Haimen City, Jiangsu Province, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, Tong County, Beijing, Penglai City, Shandong Province, etc. Now, Mr. Qi Baoxiang, the 14th grandson of Qi Jiguang and a native of Tong County, Beijing, has compiled the practice routines of "Qijiaquan" based on family traditions and the 32-style boxing in Qi Jiguang's "Boxing Classics and Shortcuts". "Qijiaquan" was introduced by Qi Jiguang in Haimen in 1556 when he fought against Japanese invaders. In late summer and early autumn of 1556, Qi Jiguang inspected Wuling (now Liuhao Liujia Town, Haimen City). Thousands of Japanese pirates entered Wuling to harass him. Qi Jiguang led more than a thousand Qi's army to Wuling to meet the enemy. With the confusing "Qi's Fist", he fought ten Japanese pirates with one, and defeated them. From then on, the Japanese pirates dared not to invade again. In order to thank Qi Jiguang for shocking the Japanese pirates and defending the coastal defense, the local people petitioned the court to build a temple to commemorate him. Emperor Jiajing approved the petition and granted Biancang City (Wuling had been renamed Biancang City at this time) to build the "Liujia City God Temple", and honored General Qi Jiguang as the "Liujia City God Temple" Jianghai City God, and commemorated him forever. Since then, "Qi's Fist" has been passed down in Haimen to this day. Qi Jiguang (1528-1588) Qi Jiguang, with the courtesy name Yuanjing and the pseudonym Nantang, was born in Dengzhou, Shandong Province in the seventh year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1528). His father Jingtong was a commander-in-chief and once served as the governor of Daning. Qi Jiguang studied literature and martial arts since he was young. When he was 17, his father died and he inherited the post of deputy commander of Dengzhou Guard in Shandong. At that time, Japanese pirates constantly invaded the southeastern coastal areas. Qi Jiguang once wrote a poem to express his ambition: "I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope the sea waves will be calm." In the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief and reorganized the 25 guards of the 3 battalions under his jurisdiction, strengthened training, and consolidated Shandong's coastal defense, so that the Japanese pirates dared not easily invade. In the autumn of the 34th year of Jiajing (1555), Qi Jiguang...more>>>(No pictures for the time being, welcome to provide.)Qi Jiguang (1528-1588)Qi Jiguang, with the courtesy name Yuanjing and the pseudonym Nantang, was born in Dengzhou, Shandong in the seventh year of Jiajing (1528). His father Jingtong was a commander-in-chief and once served as the governor of Daning. Qi Jiguang studied literature and martial arts since childhood. When he was 17 years old, his father died. He inherited the post of Shandong Dengzhou Guard Commander. At that time, Japanese pirates constantly invaded the southeastern coastal areas. Qi Jiguang once wrote a poem to express his ambition: "I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope the sea waves are calm." In the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), he was promoted to the position of deputy commander, and reorganized the 25 guards under the 3 battalions, strengthened training, and consolidated Shandong's coastal defense, so that the Japanese pirates dared not easily invade. In the autumn of the 34th year of Jiajing (1555), Qi Jiguang...more>>>(No pictures, welcome to provide.)Qi Jiguang, with the courtesy name Yuanjing and the pseudonym Nantang, was born in Dengzhou, Shandong in the seventh year of Jiajing (1528). His father Jingtong was a commander-in-chief and served as the commander of Daning. Qi Jiguang studied literature and martial arts since childhood. When he was 17 years old, his father died. He inherited the post of Shandong Dengzhou Guard Commander. At that time, Japanese pirates constantly invaded the southeastern coastal areas. Qi Jiguang once wrote a poem to express his aspirations: "I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope the sea waves will be calm." In the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), he was promoted to the position of deputy commander, and reorganized the 3 battalions and 25 guards under his jurisdiction, strengthened training, and consolidated Shandong's coastal defense, so that the Japanese pirates dared not easily invade. In the autumn of the 34th year of Jiajing (1555), Qi Jiguang...more>>>(No pictures for the time being, welcome to provide)